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PEDESTRIANISM; OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCES OF CELEBRATED PEDESTRIANS ...

PEDESTRIANISM; OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCES OF CELEBRATED PEDESTRIANS ...
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Period account of the extraordinary and little-known sport of distance-walking in the Georgian era, including detailed coverage of its greatest exponent, Captain Barclay, and his achievements. With notes on earlier history, training tips and a fine etched full-length portrait of Barclay opposite title-page.

8vo. 286pp. Full leather-bound boards and marbled text-block and endpapers. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown and some light foxing to pages. Some very old damp stains to the top portion of many pages, but text not affected at all. A very nice copy of a rare book.

Date
1813
Publisher
Aberdeen: A. Brown and F. Frost
Author
Walter THOM

£320.00 (Code: 76503)

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